This is the first year that East Portland Blog has received Grammy “For Your Consideration” emails. If we were to vote, we would certainly vote for Lillias White and her joyous album which has received so many nominations: Record of the YearYou’ve Made Me so Very Happy Album of the Year Get Yourself Some Happy! Best …
“My name is LivnLuv and I am a new artist, Bi-lingual [Spanglish], from Tumwater, Washington, who has sacrificed everything to follow my dream. Livnluv’s mission is to take each listener on a journey where nothing can hurt you. I want to remind everyone how powerful we are and how much potential we store by telling …
“My name is Sincere God Magnetic. I live in Portland, OR I make music and art. I like to drop jewels and mathematics in my songs, but I party big. I just put out a new project: Elements (The Mixtape) Hip Hop From A Retro Futuristic Mindstate, produced By Flaveworld (short for Immaculate Flave of which I am CEO). The idea was to mix …
In today’s society, there is so much pressure to have someone to spend your life with. Some of us go through the thought that we will end up alone or that we will never find anyone. “Hannah,” from Leah Marie Mason lays out some of the steps that were taken in order for this person …
A Houston, Texas resident, Aysia was passionate about music from the beginning and strove to make her dream of singing for a larger audience a reality. Her years of effort paid off when she started to gain a loyal following of music enthusiasts who were enchanted by her exceptional singing and vivacity. The same qualities …
A clear and mesmerising voice. Powerful lyrics with nostalgic touches. Deep melodies softened by Cape Verde influences. This is what makes Marie Minet’s fusion of genres as sublime as it is innovative. In her raw, but poetic way, she tells life stories that echo her generation. Marie Minet’s first album Clair Obscur is produced by Jon Luz, …
Behold everyone’s new favorite boy band: https://www.facebook.com/Jehovahshalomaccapella Check out the image below for information on their Youtube livestream concert on November 20.
I stumbled upon a rabbit hole known as archive.org. What a trove of information! If you are a Grateful Dead head (I am not), the website has 15,778 Dead audio files. https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead Are you an Apple geek? https://archive.org/details/manuals-apple Peruse 969 Apple computer manuals. There is a Swedish folk instrument called the nyckelharpa. ‘Tis a strange instrument that …
Brevity with potency is efficient, and productive. Of this, we can all appreciate. So it occurs with this 117 page gamut by Darren McKellin. One need not be in sales to reap the harvest of fruitful practice that emerges from the accumulated detritus of McKellin’s learning, experience and mentors. Each chapter resonates with universally applicable …
Papa Muteesa is an extremely promising new artist from Uganda, a burgeoning center of Gospel music in East Africa. He recently released two delightful albums, Redemption and Here I Am. Both of these albums won me over immediately and I wholeheartedly urge you to give them a listen so that you, too, can add these songs …
Acclaimed alternative-pop band The Marías released the official music video for their captivating single “Un Millón.” The mesmerizing video stars lead singer María Zardoya and was directed by Bethany Vargas. The official music video comes shortly after their debut late-night performance of their track “Hush” (which hit #1 on the Triple A radio charts) on Jimmy Kimmel Live! The band recently released a reworked …
“This one is about having a breakdown at a party,” Grant says. “A friend of mine was describing to me a really intense experience they had where they basically locked themselves in the bathroom at a house party and had a freakout. I had been living at a show house for about eight months before Covid hit, …
There are few spirits with more mythology and lore than absinthe. Loved by many, loathed by as many, and known in name only to the majority. Absinthe began as a medicine, became a popular drink, obtained a cult-like status, was made illegal, and has a new life thanks to the rebirth of the craft cocktail renaissance. Absinthe or …
Malarkey?Just heard it usedBeen awhileMight need to call NPR.A way with words How can we use the language we have, become the language we need?If it’s true you are captured by words, the implication is that words are like fences.Now- now we need to go into undiscovered territory and make our minds create new sounds, …
This six-song EP is so strong, deep and beautiful that it is truly worth postponing suicide for. Please give it a listen, twice a day for the rest of the year. Here’s how the band describe themselves, “in earnest is fuelled by the songwriting of front-couple Sarah Holburn and Tom Eatherton in a bid to encourage …
This upbeat, breezy and infectious pop tune exhibits Sting’s undeniable gift for melody and is available now on all digital platforms. Directed by Lukas McFarlane and filmed at Sadler’s Wells Theatre in London and Theatres De La Ville in Luxembourg, the associated music video features the dance company of Message In A Bottle, the critically acclaimed dance-theatre …
Like wacky ferrets attempting to consume a nut bigger than our mouths, my peer team has chewed on this EP a few times. We are not dogs returning to some sort of vomit. The situation is such that, you feel, you receive, but you know you don’t really understand. And that’s where this song #4 …
Here’s another lovely (and swingin’) African-American Spiritual with minority rights-conscious lyrics (“Ain’t no signs of hate, in my Father’s house… Folks all integrate, Ha, in my Father’s house…”) brought to the American mainstream by Harry Belafonte and The Ed Sullivan Show on March 29, 1964. After singing “Folks all integrate,” Belafonte breaks the fourth wall …
“Fossil fuel combustion has increased at an exponential rate over the last 100 years” reads the first line of a report with the subject line, “Release of Fossil CO2 and the Possibility of Catastrophic Climate Change.” This was known in the Carter administration. Governmental reports have existed in every administration since then with compelling warnings …
It feels fantastic to have Bandicoot back with a brand new single, ‘Life Death and Other Things’ after a summer of re-establishing themselves as one of Wales’s most exciting live bands. Taking its influence from Randy Newman, Bowie’s ‘Station to Station’ and Scott Walker, ‘Life Death and Other Things’ is yet another bold move from …
I originally set out to mix my way through the top pre-prohibition cocktails for fun. Then moved onto prohibition and Tiki cocktails, then added the IBA (International Bartenders Association) official drinks. I am now exploring some very odd and unusual drinks that require equally odd and unusual spirits and mixers. So, I thought it would be a good time …
I’m baaaack! After more than a year and a half with no live music to see, I made my post pandemic debut last night at the Dickies and Queers show at El Corazon. All during the pandemic I kept dreaming of seeing live shows again. The Dickies were a joy as always. Guitarist Stan Lee …
(New York, NY) – EMMY Award-nominated and platinum-certified New York singer/songwriter Ingrid Michaelson announces ‘Songs For The Season – Deluxe Edition’ out November 5th. Originally released in October 2018, the project’s new deluxe edition of her festive ‘Songs For The Season’ project will debut five new tracks – including an original duet with Zooey Deschanel titled “Merry Christmas, Happy New …
Since you asked, here’s what the Flake music was based on. My technique was born of people always breaking the strings on the guitars that were lying around. I always struggled to play and sing standard 6-string at the same time -which kept me from fronting my own band, or performing “live”. My good friend …
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‘Lights’ the first single to be taken from the ‘Bee Skin Rug’ album is a terrific uplifting burst of energy that works as a fantastic preview of what we can expect from their new works. Harmony flooded and certainly becoming a real automatic-earworm, ‘Lights’ really excels and shows off ‘Lost Tuesday Society’s new material to …
Q: How do you spell greatness? A: With three Y‘s, Hayley Lynn… Portland-based actress turned musician Hayley Lynn is releasing a 90’s throwback, indiepop masterpiece, Tail Lights, as part of a forthcoming 2022 EP. Lynn has been steadily putting out music since 2016 with songs placed on ABC, the 700 Club, Big Ten Network as well as on several …
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[Ed. Note: This thrilling clip of Mitzi Gaynor and four gorgeous men is from the dress rehearsal of the February 16, 1964 episode of the Ed Sullivan show. Famed British rockers, the Beatles, also appeared on Sullivan’s show that night, their second of three consecutive weekly appearances.] It’s quite a rousing jangling version of what …